Greetings and Welcome to the Lay Ministry & Planning Office
Michael Davis
Office of Lay Ministry & Planning
800-252-9325 (Nebraska)
308-532-2707
1225 S. Poplar Suite 100
North Platte, NE 69101
mdavis@gidiocese.org
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Strategic Planning Documents
“Entrust your works to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3
Priorities of the Office of Lay Ministry
Assist those who are specifically called to fulfill their Baptismal Dignity as Lay Ecclesial Ministers. Help with formation through discernment and resources. Four Areas of Formation:
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Spiritual
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Human Relations
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Intellectual
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Pastoral

Bridgeport - All Souls, Oct. 22, 2011
Call for your copy of the DVD- Fields Ripe for the Harvest!
Lay Leader Training Video and Study Guide for parish councils and lay leaders!
Did you know that the majority of Young Adults who are serving parishes are in the Midwest? Follow this link to read more...
Some beginning thoughts regarding Strategic Planning & Lay Ministry…..
In a famous passage attributed to Cardinal Dearden, and later to Archbishop Romero,
“The Kingdom is not only beyond our effort, it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete….
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, and opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest….”